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General Discussion / Re: Accurate throwing build?
« on: May 10, 2011, 09:51:23 am »
I used to be a thrower too, depending on situation with 6 or 4 throwing lances or 21 balanced wardarts. This was incredible fun and the only guys able to fight for the top position in the scoreboard where always running archerprincesses or melee-only builds.
The swordfood was of course crying for a nerf, thinking throwing was simple. It wasnt. Good rounds consisted of ca. 3 kills with throwing weapons and 6 kills in melee.
Our days of throwing are indeed over.
Worst: Throwing with shield was reduced to the war dart set-up.
War darts are only a mere shadow of their former glory, since headshotting people doesnt occur as much as before, maybe 1 in 25 shots. Acuuracy is gone.
1 (!) throwing lance = 1 stack taking up 2 slots. Thats a joke. They were a bit op, true, but at least the masterwork version could consist of 2.
4 throwing spears = 2 slots. Better but still a joke since you need 2 to kill most of the time.
7 war darts = 1 slot. Okay, but most melee wepaons take up 2 slots, so with shield you can still only equip 1 stack. And since you need 4-5 war darts to kill someone, you NEED a shield or are shot before the enemy is kissing my turf.
Masterwork versions strongly need the "large--" attribute as before, why did you remove that??
Now compare that with xbow and bow. How many people will they kill with 15 xbows or arrows? That's why archery is becoming the dominant sideproficiency.
ATM i am nearly 31 and will try out something else.
But there is still light: we hybrids will always be superior to the rest, so no matter how much you will nerf us, we will survive =).
Harr!
The swordfood was of course crying for a nerf, thinking throwing was simple. It wasnt. Good rounds consisted of ca. 3 kills with throwing weapons and 6 kills in melee.
Our days of throwing are indeed over.
Worst: Throwing with shield was reduced to the war dart set-up.
War darts are only a mere shadow of their former glory, since headshotting people doesnt occur as much as before, maybe 1 in 25 shots. Acuuracy is gone.
1 (!) throwing lance = 1 stack taking up 2 slots. Thats a joke. They were a bit op, true, but at least the masterwork version could consist of 2.
4 throwing spears = 2 slots. Better but still a joke since you need 2 to kill most of the time.
7 war darts = 1 slot. Okay, but most melee wepaons take up 2 slots, so with shield you can still only equip 1 stack. And since you need 4-5 war darts to kill someone, you NEED a shield or are shot before the enemy is kissing my turf.
Masterwork versions strongly need the "large--" attribute as before, why did you remove that??
Now compare that with xbow and bow. How many people will they kill with 15 xbows or arrows? That's why archery is becoming the dominant sideproficiency.
ATM i am nearly 31 and will try out something else.
But there is still light: we hybrids will always be superior to the rest, so no matter how much you will nerf us, we will survive =).
Harr!